Diy Vertical Blind Makeover

Securing the mini blind for its makeover.

Diy vertical blind makeover.

Easily fix a broken vertical blind. How to replace vertical blinds with curtains. Well my kids forced my hand. Great if you are in an apartment and want to change out those verticals that always start to fall of the track.

If fabric vertical blinds don t sound like they will work for you and you definitely don t want vinyl vertical blinds then you may want to consider another option entirely. Vinyl blinds are easier to clean and less expensive if you have to replace them. One option would be sliding panels in a coated or vinyl roller shade fabric. Simply hang a curtain rod above the top of the vertical blinds.

If you re a quilter use old blinds to create a design wall. Shorten them to fit your window length. Then came the most tedious part of this project making sure the slats were where i wanted them to be somewhat evenly laid out. These blinds got a total makeover with this simple process.

The blinds wouldn t go all the way down without some help so we slipped some thin lead weights inside the footer and the extra weight fixed the problem. Stencil them with bright colors. The valance will drape down and hide the vertical blind hardware and the curtain panels can be opened to use the blinds or closed to hide them. She hung the batting covered blind on the wall and now uses it when designing quilts choosing fabrics or for displaying parts of a quilt in progress.

We have great quality mini blinds that worked perfectly until i did this roman blind makeover and got rid of the weight of the extra slats. Make sure it protrudes from the wall at least as far as the hardware for the blinds. I had two choices buy more vertical blinds which i couldn t bring myself to do or finally come up with a good solution. I hammered a few nails between the top rail and the blind slats so i could pull the blind all the way out while it was lying down.

Nothing is more annoying than when the overflow of blinds fall down. Then slide a valance and curtain panels onto the rod. So the vertical blinds stayed and i just lived with them because they were functional. This diyer cut an old bamboo blind to fit her space and then stapled quilt batting to the top rail.

Using these s clips made this diy makeover quick and easy. The other day they thought it would be fun to pull every single vertical slat down and broke at least half.